(p. 647) pica2 a juicy stone-fruit, peach. 37)

(p. 619) paribyāpta spread, spread out; extended, expanded. পরিব্যাপ্তি n. spreading, spreading out; expansion; diffusion; extension. 152)

(p. 650) pilakhānā a stable for housing elephants. 39)

(p. 601) pakṣibidyā ornithology. 26)

(p. 673) prajā created beings, creatures; offspring, progeny, a descendant; citizens collectively, the people; a citizen; a tenant, a ryot; a subject; the public. ̃তন্ত্র n. a republic. ̃তন্ত্রী a. republican. ̃পতি n. (myth.) the creator or protector of all living creatures; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); any one of the ten sons of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); the butterfly. প্রজাপতির নির্বন্ধ an ordinance or regulation of the creator or protector of living creatures; (loos.) predestination in marriage. ̃পালক n. a ruler, a king. ̃পালন n. act of protecting or ruling the people. প্রজাপালন করা v. to rule over and look after the people. ̃পীড়ক a. oppressive, tyrannical. n. an oppressor; a tyrant. ̃পীড়ন n. oppression of subjects, tyranny. ̃বতী a. fem. having children or offspring. ̃বর্গ n. the whole body of subjects or citizens, the people; the tenantry. ̃বিলি n. act or system of leasing out land and houses on fixed rents and terms. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. multiplication of a race; increase or growth of population. ̃রঞ্জন n. endeavour to please the people or subjects. a. devoted to please the people or subjects. ̃শক্তি n. (pol.) the power of the people of a state, the popular power. ̃স্বত্ব n. the right of a subject (to land); the right of the people (to land). ̃হিত n. the wellbeing or good of the subjects. 6)

(p. 654) pulaṭisa a poultice. 67)

(p. 682) pratyudāharaṇa counter-example; a counterprecedent. 3)

(p. 682) pradakṣiṇa (ori. & ritually) clockwise circumambulation round an object; act of going around something. প্রদক্ষিণ করা v. to circumambulate in a clockwise manner around something; to go round something. 12)

(p. 606) paẏḥ milk; water. ̃প্রণালী n. a drain, gutter; a watercourse. 82)

(p. 671) prakṛta true, real; genuine, pure; actual; right, correct; veritable (প্রকৃত বদমাশ). ̃পক্ষে, ̃প্রস্তাবে adv. in fact; actually; really, truly. ̃রূপে adv. really; rightly. 6)

(p. 692) prāgaitihāsika pre-historic. 17)

(p. 667) pōsṭa-aphisa a post-office. 28)

(p. 682) pradāẏaka, pradāẏī giving; bestowing; conferring; yielding; imparting. fem. প্রদায়িকা, প্রদায়িনী । 23)

(p. 633) pāṭha reading, perusal; study; recitation; lesson; a reading of text (পুঁথির মূল পাঠ); a text-book. পাঠ করা v. to read, to peruse; to study; to reci.e. পাঠ তৈরি করা v. to learn or prepare one's lesson. পাঠ দেওয়া v. to give one a lesson. পাঠ নেওয়া v. to take lessons (from a teacher). পাঠক n. a reader; one who studies; a student, a pupil; a reciter; one who reads out or recites from scriptures; a professional narrator of mythological stories; a teacher, a reader. ̃গৃহ n. a reading-room, a study; a library. পাঠন n. teaching. ̃ক্রম n. a syllabus. ̃নিবিষ্ট, ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed in reading or study. ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির n. a reading-room, a study; a library; a school. ̃ভেদ same as পাঠান্তর । ̃রত a. engaged in reading or studying. ̃শালা n. a primary school. পাঠানুরাগ n. fondness for reading; devotion to study. পাঠানুরাগী a. fond of reading; devoted to study. পাঠান্তর n. another text or a different text or reading or version. পাঠাভ্যাস করা v. to learn one's lessons.

(p. 647) pika2 spittle; spittle thrown out after chewing betel-leaves. পিক ফেলা v. to spit; to spit after chewing betel-leaves. 31)